Avail Yourself Bunny Lake Is Missing Designed By Evelyn Piper Released As Hardbound

seen the movie a few times, always an entertaining, tense story, I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered that sitelinkBunny Lake is Missing was originally a book, written by sitelinkEvelyn Piper pseudonym for Merriam Modell and published in.
The edition that I found was from publisher The Feminist Press for its second instalment of the Women Write Pulp series also included books by Dorothy Hughes, Faith Baldwin, etc.

As mentioned above, I have always enjoyed the movie its darkness, manic quality, etc, The book starts off right with the same tone and never lets up throughout the course of the story, Blanche Lake, a single mom, is picking up her daughter, Bunny, from her first day at a preschool in New York, She waits with the other mothers and with a sickening feeling discovers that Bunny isn't with the other young children, theyear old class.
This begins a whirlwind search for her young daughter, She struggles to find any clue that Bunny was ever there, do the police believer her Did she even have a daughter Where is the evidence that Bunny was registered at the school Where is the evidence in Blanche's apartment that she has a daughter
As well, who is Eddie and why is his mother so worried that maybe he might have something to do with the 'disappearance' And to where has he disappeared
Blanche's search becomes more and more desperate as she struggles to find clues and to persuade anyone that Bunny exists.

I'll leave it there, It's a frenetic, fascinating story and different enough from the movie to provide quite a different perspective from the one that Otto Preminger brought to bear in the movie.
I'll have to check out more pulp fiction from women writers and try to find a copy of Piper's sitelinkThe Nanny,Well, from the's we move up to the's and this crazy book/film, I have to say this is one instance when the movie is better than the book, The story takes place over one very long day and night and I found it painful to read, A young woman who has just moved into a city where no one knows her goes to pick up her little daughter from day care but no one has seen her.
The police try to help but there is no physical evidence of a child, This makes the woman act desperate and crazy which makes everyone doubt her more and on and on it goes, The film added a new character and a more plausible and more interesting ending, What a crazy adventure of's pulp fiction! In this story full of mindgames and mayhem, Blanche, a young mother goes to pick up her daughter from her first day

of school, and to her horror, Bunny the daughter isn't there.


In a panic Blanche is on the hunt to rescue her daughter, and tries to get help from the police, But soon both the police and the school find no records of Bunny's existance, . . and Blanche is dismissed as insane, With a mental health doctor at her side, Blanche will do ANYTHING to get her daughter back, even though Bunny's existance is doubtful.
Is Blanche just crazy, or is it a conspiracy

I was impressed with the unique storyline and intense feelings this book provides.
However, sometimes the writing style is a little strange, But this is a must read for fans of pulp fiction or anyone who enjoys a bizarre twisty story!,rounded up.

This novel is quite good, with a lot of it playing out in the main character's mind and reflecting a subtext of social anxieties re motherhood and societal judgments in thes.


Picture this frightening scenario, A young mother has come to pick up her three year old daughter after her first day at preschool, Since Blanche Lake hasn't been at the school before except just once while dropping off her child Bunny real name Felicia earlier that same morning, she doesn't know any of the other mothers waiting there and, while waiting for her own little one, watches as all of the other kids make their way to their parents.
A search of the school and conversations with teachers and the people in charge reveals that absolutely no one remembers even seeing Bunny that day.
The police are called in, but soon it becomes apparent that even they are having trouble believing that little Bunny ever existed especially since there is nothing in Blanche's apartment to show that a little girl even lives there, not even a photograph.
In fact, anything that might help Blanche to prove to the cops that she does indeed have a daughter is simply nonexistent, not helping Blanche's case at all.
When Blanche catches on that everyone thinks she's making all of this up, she sets off during the night on a bizarre, at times surreal sort of adventure through the streets of New York looking for her child or at least some sort of proof that there even is a child.


But of course, there's way more than just the search for a missing child here, When all is said and done, Bunny Lake is Missing is a fine novel that examines motherhood, sexuality, the changing lives of modern women, and societal judgments just as much as it is a crime story.
There is much more, of course in the edition I have there is an entire analysis in the back of the book which will shed even more light.
It's a very dark story that had me wondering if in fact, there really was a Bunny Lake, or, as is suggested, something horrific had happened to her.
While the ending and the unraveling of the story may leave a bit to be desired, the crime aspect of this novel, it seems to me, isn't really the point at all.


recommended but do NOT expect the film, which has only a tenuous at best relationship with the novel,

sitelink crimesegments. com/ A horror vision of the anxiety of being a single working mother in thes,

June:
Not a perfect book, but very suspenseful and enjoyable, It got really good when it questioned reality, truth and sanity, There is a lot of mid century psychology here it is from, And it has a cool ending, I first saw the movie and hadn't realized that it was based on a book, Naturally, when I found out it was a book, I immediately bought it,

I really enjoyed the book, although this is one of the rare times when I actually prefer the movie a smidgen better than the book.
The book is good, and it does a very good job of making you wonder if Blanche's daughter really has gone missing or if she's just crazy and has made her daughter up.
The book gets more and more intense and keeps you wondering up until the very end,

Blanche herself is an interesting character, and she's definitely a sympathetic character because she's so desperate to find her daughter real or imaginary.
Even if it seems she's crazy, you can't help rooting for her and hoping that she is right and that everyone else is wrong.
I found myself taking her side and believing her completely even when all evidence seemed pointed against her,

The one thing that makes me prefer the movie though is the ending, The movie changes things, and I feel like it's a good change, It makes the whole situation incredibly sinister and scary and I think that works better than what the Bunny Lake Is Missing's events are,

Overall, I enjoyed the book, but I just feel like the movie actually improved the story, .